Dunja Gulin authored one vegan macrobiotic cookbooklet in Croatian - "Breakfast". I flipped through it, but wasn't really impressed. I wasn't impressed with that whole edition of macrobiotic cookbooklets, though. I might be biased because I don't have fond memories of macrobiotics and especially macrobiotic desserts. Those were the only vegan desserts here when I became a vegan 9 years ago and I believed that all vegan cakes are like that: dense, not fluffy, much less sweet... Today I say for such cakes "they taste macrobiotic".

She uses German type 850 flour for them. In one video she says that we can replace flour in every recipe with German type 850 flour. That's not true, German type 850 flour is bread flour, that much gluten can screw up many cakes.

ETA: The Vegan Baker doesn't have to be a macrobiotic cookbook though. I just saw her use potatoes in one video.

I can't believe it's taken me so long to really grasp the joy of pre-ordering books, suddenly one day something just turns up like a ray of sunshine in a mail envelope!

I have pre-ordered the following, the first three because they all expand my culinary knowledge and repertoire a bit further. Until very recently in my narrow little world the only nut butter was peanut butter, there may have been a little light bulb moment when I realised there were in fact others. :)And as for the Desserts, I don't need desserts, sometimes reading about them is a good fix.

The Vegan Baker By Dunja Gulin - I would have liked more info in the blurb.Gluten-Free and Vegan Pie: Sweet & Savory Pies to Make at Home By Jennifer Katzinger - I'm not GF and I admit I'm a little apprehensive about dipping my toe into GF baking, a lot of new to me flours to work with.Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes for Semi-Vegan Households By Ellen Jaffe Jones - As the only vegan in the family I like this idea, I'm not holding my breath that anything will change my family from mocking frozen fish eaters to at least trying the stuff I make. Unless were talking baked goods, nobody says no to baked goods even if they are vegan.

Wow! That is quite a list. I felt bad when I pre-ordered Chloe's Vegan Desserts by Chloe Coscarelli. I have no space for anymore cookbooks. Though I have also been looking at possibly getting Vegan Pizza by Julie Hasson. Its very difficult to choose since they all look so great.

I'm definitely interested in 'grills gone vegan' and isa's book in the fall.

i adore vegan diner by julie hasson. and i'm interested in her pizza book. but i have a tried and true dough recipe i adore along with a red pizza sauce recipe too and tofu basil ricotta i use for cheese. i'm not sure what else her book will offer me, besides creative topping ideas, but i'll most likely order it. i can always return it in the store if i'm not super excited about it.

other than that, i feel like i'm going through cookbook purchase withdrawl ;) i went vegan last summer and joyfully purchased several cookbooks that i adore. however, a lot of the new books coming out in 2013 don't interest me, except for the few above i listed that i'm keeping my eye on.

and ack! just checked, so excited, the publication date for grills gone vegan got pushed up earlier now! yay! i can get it for my hubby (although he's not vegan he happily eats everything i make) since he loves to grill, we just haven't really done grilling since i've went vegan.

_________________"....but I finally found block tempeh a few weeks ago with the intent to give it my virginity." -Moon

Stalking Book Depository to see when Isa's new book gets listed and I see they've recently listed these two titles for an October release.

The Cheesy Vegan: 100 Plant-based Recipes for Indulging in the World's Ultimate Comfort Food By John Schlimmhttp://www.bookdepository.co.uk/Cheesy- ... 0738216799(I googled John Schlimm because his name looked familiar, I see he wrote a vegan grilling book which I've not seen.)